Barrel vs. Bucket

Barrelnoun

(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

Barrelnoun

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

Barrelnoun

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

Barrelnoun

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Barrelnoun

(archaic) A tube.

Barrelnoun

(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

Barrelnoun

(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

Barrelnoun

(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

Barrelnoun

A waste receptacle.

Barrelnoun

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Barrelnoun

(obsolete) A jar.

Barrelnoun

(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.

Barrelverb

(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Barrelverb

(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

Barrelnoun

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads; as, a cracker barrel. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

Barrelnoun

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31½ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.

Barrelnoun

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

Barrelnoun

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Barrelnoun

A jar.

Barrelnoun

The hollow basal part of a feather.

Barrelverb

To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Barrelnoun

a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

Barrelnoun

a cylindrical container that holds liquids

Barrelnoun

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

Barrelnoun

the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

Barrelnoun

any of various units of capacity;

Barrelverb

put in barrels

Barrelnoun

a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them

Barrelnoun

a barrel together with its contents

Barrelnoun

a measure of capacity used for oil and beer, usually equal to 36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 imperial gallons or 42 US gallons (roughly 159 litres) for oil

Barrelnoun

a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen

Barrelnoun

the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse

Barrelverb

drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control

Barrelverb

put into a barrel or barrels

Barrel

A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wood or metal hoops.

Bucketnoun

A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

Bucketnoun

The amount held in this container.

Bucketnoun

A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

Bucketnoun

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

Bucketnoun

(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

Bucketnoun

The basket.

Bucketnoun

A field goal.

Bucketnoun

(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

Bucketnoun

(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

Bucketnoun

A large amount of liquid.

Bucketnoun

A bucket bag.

Bucketnoun

The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

Bucketnoun

The pitcher in certain orchids.

Bucketverb

(transitive) To place inside a bucket.

Bucketverb

(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

Bucketverb

To rain heavily.

Bucketverb

To travel very quickly.

Bucketverb

To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

Bucketverb

(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

Bucketverb

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

Bucketnoun

A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

Bucketnoun

A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.

Bucketnoun

One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.

Bucketnoun

The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Bucketnoun

one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.

Bucketnoun

a bucketfull.

Bucketverb

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.

Bucketverb

To pour over from a bucket; to drench.

Bucketverb

To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

Bucketverb

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

Bucketnoun

a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top

Bucketnoun

the quantity contained in a bucket

Bucketverb

put into a bucket

Bucketverb

carry in a bucket

Bucket

A bucket is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail.A bucket is usually an open-top container. In contrast, a pail can have a top or lid and is a shipping container.